Preacher "Proud Americans" DC/Vertigo: 1997 TITAN BOOKS PRINTING

Collects Preacher (1995-2000) #18-26. Written by Garth Ennis. Art by Steve Dillon. Painted cover by Glenn Fabry. In 'Texas and the Spaceman,' a chance encounter in an airport results in Jesse's learning a story of his long-lost father's exploits in Vietnam. The 6-part 'Crusaders' finds Jesse and Tulip searching for the imprisoned Cassidy in France, a search which leads to a no-holds-barred battle against the forces of The Grail, with the Saint of Killers close behind. Plus two tales revealing Cassidy's past, as an Irish revolutionary who leaves his family and homeland behind when he becomes a vampire, but finds a new home in the taverns of 1920s New York.